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Daily Cybersecurity Update, March 08, 2024

Five notable happenings today in the cyber world:

The NCSC-Switzerland said that the Play ransomware attack at Xplain impacted 65,000 important documents of the Federal Administration. The documents were from various administrative units, including the Federal Department of Justice and Police, the Federal Office of Justice, and the Federal Office of Police.

First Half Of 2024 Report
Bangladeshi 32.4% government websites face cyber attack: NAS report

National Attack Surface (NAS) report for the first half of 2024 reveals that 56.6% of cyberattacks in Bangladesh targeted educational...
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First Half Of 2024 Report  Bangladeshi 32.4% government websites face cyber attack: NAS report

Prince Ransomware Hits UK and US

A new ransomware campaign is targeting individuals and organizations in the UK and US. The "Prince Ransomware" attack uses a...
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Prince Ransomware Hits UK and US

CISA warns active exploit of Zimbra & Ivanti endpoint manager Vulns

CISA has issued an urgent alert about critical vulnerabilities being exploited in Synacor’s Zimbra Collaboration and Ivanti’s Endpoint Manager (EPM)....
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CISA warns active exploit of Zimbra & Ivanti endpoint manager Vulns

A summary of “2024 State of Cybersecurity survey” by ISACA

ISACA 2024 survey report reveals that 66% of cybersecurity professionals find their jobs more stressful now than five years ago....
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A summary of “2024 State of Cybersecurity survey” by ISACA

ISACA reveals
64% of Australian cybersecurity professionals feel increasing stress

A recent study by ISACA shows that almost two-thirds of cybersecurity professionals report increasing job stress. The 2024 State of...
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ISACA reveals  64% of Australian cybersecurity professionals feel increasing stress

Researchers detected 31 new Malware in September

In September, cybersecurity experts discovered 31 new ransomware variants that threaten individuals and businesses. These programs encrypt valuable data, making...
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Researchers detected 31 new Malware in September

CRI Release New Ransomware Response Guidance

New guidance on ransomware, released during this week's International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) meeting, encourages victims to report attacks to...
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CRI Release New Ransomware Response Guidance

ALERT
Over 700,000 Routers Vulnerable to Hack for 14 security flaws

Over 14 new security flaws have been found in DrayTek routers for homes and businesses, which could allow attackers to...
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ALERT  Over 700,000 Routers Vulnerable to Hack for 14 security flaws

Patch it now!
Critical Zimbra RCE flaw exploited: Needs Immediate Patching

Hackers are exploiting a recently revealed RCE vulnerability in Zimbra email servers that can be activated by sending specially crafted...
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Patch it now!  Critical Zimbra RCE flaw exploited: Needs Immediate Patching

CISA Warns
Network switch RCE flaw impacts critical infrastructure

CISA warns of two serious vulnerabilities in Optigo Networks ONS-S8 Aggregation Switches, which could allow authentication bypass and remote code...
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CISA Warns  Network switch RCE flaw impacts critical infrastructure

The NSA and CISA issued five cybersecurity bulletins about securing data in the cloud. The recommendations cover implementing IAM solutions, encryption, and key management.

A report by FS-ISAC and Akamai showed that DDoS attacks on the financial sector increased by 154% in 2023 compared to 2022, mainly due to strong botnets and cyber hacktivist groups.

Tycoon and Storm-1575 threat actors carried out spear-phishing attacks on U.S. school districts in November 2023. They used Microsoft 365 credentials to bypass MFA protections.
The Rhysida ransomware group sold data stolen from Lurie Children’s Hospital for 60 bitcoins (approximately $3.4 million) on the dark web. The hospital is working on restoring the affected systems.

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